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CSPAN2 - Book TV

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Nov 26, 2009

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Book TV

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Nov 26, 2009

trial in the history of the united states. that's my conclusion after studying it as close as i could. and that's the report of my book. i try to explain in my book why i believe that to be true, and i will try to give you a suggestion on what i believe that to be true in my remarks here tonight. john brown's trial was the first trial in the history of the united states to receive massive attention from national media. it was the first trial in which a defendant was executed for treason against a state, as opposed to treason against the united states. it was the first trial in which an accused defendant appealed to a higher law to justify violent crimes. it was a trial that involved more than just a determination of an individuals guilt or innocence, according to laws laid down in statute books and in case reports. it was a trial that pitted two starkly different moral visions against each other. one of these visions defended the institution of chattel slavery as traditional, necessary, just and worthy of protection from outside interference. particularly, from the outside interferenc

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 25, 2009

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The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 25, 2009

-- and i would say enthusiastic role by the united states of america, these negotiations will not yield the kind of the kind of results that we are looking for. true, we would have hoped that the united states of america would have been more ambitious than what it has indicated. >> reporter: india is also one of the world's largest producers of greenhouse gas emissions, but is a relative newcomer to an industrialized economy. saran says the country has concerns that a climate agreement could stifle economic development. >> for us, climate change is not just a separate issue, it is intermixed with our developmental, you know, issues itself. so how we balance, you know, the problem of climate change with the other stresses and strains that the country is going through as this process of social and economic transformation, we would hope that there is some understanding of that challenge that we face. >> reporter: meantime, a series of studies released today in the british medical journal "the lancet" could give another boost to advocates of addressing climate change. the studies found that

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 27, 2009

WMPT
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 27, 2009

but there is no question that commercial property in the united states is in bad shape it is going down. and there is a lot of genuine worries about that. dubai as a symbol might focus more attention next week but i think dubai is postly about emerging markets. our home problems are very much about the united states and they are very big and they are much bigger, actually, than the problems in dubai. >> warner: so the u.s. problems you think are a lot bigger. >> the total losses from the crisis so far worldwide which mostly concentrate on the united states $1.7 trillion. we're talking about credit losses in dubai of perhaps $20 billion. so that an order of magnitude, two orders of magnitude smaller in dubai than what we have seen in the united states. the additional problems in the united states are another 100, 200, 300 billion but they are coming on top of all these existing problems. they are coming into a banking system that is weak already in the united states. >> warner: so briefly do we have reason to be nervous by what happened today in dubai. >> yes, it should make us nervous. came at an ago waurd

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 19, 2009

WMPT
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 19, 2009

to fulfil its obligations and eliminate its nuclear weapons program, the united states will support economic assistance and help promote its full integration in the community of nations. that opportunity and respect will not come with threats. north korea must live up to its obligations. >> reporter: that statement echoed president lee's offer of a "grand bargain"-- aid for the communist north in return for giving up nuclear weapons. >> the north koreans haven't yet conveyed what they thought of the grand bargain, but in order for the north koreans to ensure their stability, to improve the lives of the north korean population, to have economic prosperity, in short: for a better future for the north koreans, it is my wish that the north koreans adopt the grand bargain proposal. >> reporter: the offer came just a week after north and south korean ships exchanged fire near a disputed border in the yellow sea. neither president mentioned the sea clash today. instead, mr. obama announced he'll send an envoy to north korea next month-- the first direct talks between washington and pyongyang since

WHUT - BBC World News

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Nov 13, 2009

WHUT
BBC World News

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Nov 13, 2009

to understand the future of the united states and asia is inextricably linked, the matters that matter most to our people, nonproliferation, clean energy. these are all issues that have to be part of a joint agenda, and we had a productive discussion about these issues this evening. >> for both countries, ties are critical. japan relies on the u.s. for its security. the you best allies -- the u.s. relies on japan as an ally in an unpredictable area. around this time of year the japanese by could blunt terms. they have been doing these things for centuries. people said it is time for a new relationship with the united states. >> we are gaining maturity and we need more people standing, ying,ç yes, america is not the way. >> i think president obama himself knows we need to respect each other. >> this brief visit is unlikely to resolve the issues between the two countries, including the relocation of a base in okinawa, but president obama is showing that the u.s. still the the use its relationship. >> report from washington over the past few of hours say khalid sheikh mohammed and four other

WMAR - Nightline

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Nov 23, 2009

WMAR
Nightline

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Nov 23, 2009

're not big enough. this is a united states senator so even though we're friends, we're close, we're brothers in christ, we need power to confront this. senator tom coburn. the hit man. >> reporter: senator tom coburn of oklahoma is one of the most influential conservative voices in the united states senate and also a c street resident. marchton said on valentine's day the c street leadership and senator coburn helped him confronts senator ensign. >> tom really kind of takes the helm. >> reporter: so how angry is tom coburn at this point? >> oh, he's smoking. he's one upset man. and then john kind of breaks down a little bit. i don't know what to say. i made a mistake. i really screwed up. >> reporter: hampton provided us with this letter which he says the group of c street forced him to wright to sinsddy. i used you for my own pressure, he wrote. god never intendsed for us to do this. according to hampton, within hours, john ensign calls sinsddy. >> he is just lived. he made him write a letter, but it's not how i feel. doug has exposed me. as though somehow i'm the bad guy in this. >> report

WETA - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 25, 2009

WETA
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 25, 2009

in the united states, significant announcent? >> yes, defitely. there had been a thoht that the president woulrefrain from putting anything psk on the table until the congre had acted. the house has acted if these numbers are in lin with what the hous has in their bill,ut the senate has just reportedded somethg out of comttee. nothing s reach the floor. so by putting h force behin these numbers, the presint is sort of settingp a negotiating line witthe congress and indicating probably what he feels is the minimu benth whenhesenate shouldn't go and a minimum of wt the world neez needs. a warming of three to four degreesahrenheit puts us in the nger zone as far as global warming is concerned, and these sorts of emissions reductions are consistentwith what we need to get od start combatting th warming. >> suarez: professor, ishat mething new for the united stes, specific ars and specific reduction perntages? >> back in the cnton administration, the u.s. did agree to specifiyears and specic reduction perntages, and they were emdied in the kyoto protocol whh president inton never sent up to t

CSPAN - Today in Washington

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Nov 25, 2009

CSPAN
Today in Washington

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Nov 25, 2009

about his new autobiography, and his 20 years in the united states senate. this is live on c-span every day, at 7:00 eastern. the center for american progress will have a forum on the u.s. education system tomorrow morning, including remarks by the education secretary, arnie duncan, and new york mayor michael blumberg. this is 8:00 eastern. >> the yeas are 60, the nays are 39. the motion is agreed upon. >> with that, the senate is moving the health care bill to the floor. starting on monday and through december, follow every minute of debate, and see how this would affect access to health care, abortion, and medicare, on the only network that gives you the senate, -- 2-gavel, c-span2. >> -- gavel to gavel, c-span2. >> the president and his wife hosted the indian prime minister. we have our coverage behind the scenes. >> this is the first state dinner of the obama administration, and the third for thindia in one decade. these are being held behind me and we are joined by nia-maleka henderson. who are some of the notable people tonight? >> oprah winfrey was not here tonight, but her best

CSPAN - American Perspectives

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Nov 21, 2009

CSPAN
American Perspectives

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Nov 21, 2009

. this is about three hours. >> natural and areas in the united states and the as many of you know, the you know the standing contention of our program at brookings is that we are in metropolitan nation, that the national economy is essentially the makeup of a network of metropolitan economies. and some national economic recovery from the current downturn very much depends on recovery of metropolitan economies. today we will be discussing how a large extent the recovery of metro's depends to a meaningful degree on cities or other local governments being fiscally healthy. it's not yet been covered too much in the mainstream public discourse but given the worst recession we've seen in decades potentially overwhelming local government fiscal crisis is now looming on the horizon and our partners at the national cities have conducted a very timely survey showing a nearly nine in ten city finance officers are reporting difficulties in meeting fiscal needs and 2009 and expect the same in 2010. the pain is widespread from foreclosure cities in the metro like phoenix and vegas to areas like cleveland and

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 23, 2009

WMPT
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 23, 2009

these are men who are either legal residents of the united states or in some cases citizens of the united states. and the reason why the f.b.i. became so concerned is it was... it seemed to be a much broader attempt at attempting to radicalize people in the united states than they've really seen before. >> warner: how did the justice department first get wise to this. >> the interesting facet of this. essentially the families of many of the young men came forward to ask that the f.b.i. help in finding them. you know, many of these older relatives of the young men were concerned that this was going on. they had inklings but no concrete facts to base that on. they came to f.b.i. asking for help to find their sons. >> warner: these young men had just disappeared. >> in many cases, yes, they had essentially packed up and gone and the family feared the worst. >> warner: has it been absolutelyly established that as the charges lay out that some of these young men at least have shown up in somalia, they have gone to terrorist training camps? they have even engaged in combat? >> yes, there is one partic

FOXNEWS - America's News HQ

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Nov 15, 2009

FOXNEWS
America's News HQ

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Nov 15, 2009

for the senate he opposes the idea to bring them to the united states in part because he thinks he is going to make illinois a terror target. i talked to a national security expert who has been in the years. he laughed at that. he said look, are you kidding me. terrorists go for high value targets, big places like new york and washington as we saw on 9/11. they're not going for a town in 500. he laughed and said, are you kidding. that is going to be among the safest places in the world because there is only 500 premium. am i right? >> that was the first thing i thought of. terrorism is about the unexpected. major impacts from this. if there is going to be one safe place in america, it will be that town. >> gregg: congressman brown, it doesn't make sense in many ways? >> you are misconstruing what mark kirk is saying. he is saying it's going to bring terrorist attacks to america, like chicago and new york city. we're going to showcase these people, freedom hating cold-blooded murderers, the worst to the shores of the united states. these aren't criminals, they are enemy combatants. anybody t

FOXNEWS - America's Newsroom

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Nov 26, 2009

FOXNEWS
America's Newsroom

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Nov 26, 2009

thanksgiving to all of the great people back in the united states. jamie: and dominic, my best to you. you cannot miss the horse behind you. please tell general odierno that he has spent more time with his military family than his own, honestly. my best to the odierno family as well. thank you. kelly: in virginia couple pulling off the impossible, crashing the white house state dinner, even getting up close and personal with the vice- president and other party guests. more on the security breach and how they got past checkpoints. . >> we are here at camp victory in iraq. i want to give a shout out to my family and the squadron air force base in new jersey. . . . [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- kelljamie: an unbelievable stor, but it is true. a security breach at the white house. the secret service investigating its very own security procedures after a virginia couple crashed tuesday night's state dinner. this is evidence from michaele salahi's own facebook page. no one seeming to suspect that they did not belo

CSPAN2 - Book TV

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Nov 22, 2009

CSPAN2
Book TV

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Nov 22, 2009

or protecting any party but the two major parties in the united states today we should also say that third parties in other countries are associated with systems of representation. those systems we can see the classical liberalism has a purer form. .. >> he is the director of the olin institute for employment practice and policy and received his ph.d. from case western reserve 1970 and specializing in research public policy issues, economics of government bureaucracy, labor unions and health charities. founder and editor of general research and has published more than 60 articles such as the american economic review, public choice and others. he has written many books. he is the author of destroying democracy. published by the cato institute in 1986. please welcome jim bennett, our author today. [applause] >> thank you john. thank you to our house that kato who was a little surprised that ralph nader had written a forward to this book. my credentials sudden they crumble. [laughter] but that is all right. at the after words was a written by a fed chairman of the libertarian committees allia

CSPAN2 - U.S. Senate

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Nov 23, 2009

CSPAN2
U.S. Senate

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Nov 23, 2009

of the united states tomorrow. with that, thank you for being here. welcome to today. i hope you get a lot out of today. it's my pleasure, now, to introduce the first of two co-chairmen of the american council on renewable energy. john geeseman was the executive directer the beginning of his career, spence 19 years then in finance, came back as the commissioner of the california energy commission and is given credit for much of the policies of the state of california that's the lead of our country. please welcome, john geesman. [applause] >> i bring you greetings from the west coast. as historians look across the last several decades, our national energy policy they're likely to find common patterns no matter which party is in power. abdicated responsibilities, squandered opportunities, willful avoidance of unpleasant realities. recently, that's started to change. whether we recognize it or not, there is a race underway. most of the major economies of the world are striving to radically expand the size of their domestic renewable energy markets in order to gain competitive advantage in the gre

WRC - News 4 Today

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Nov 29, 2009

WRC
News 4 Today

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Nov 29, 2009

when the president of the united states shows up to watch the game. when the president is there in support of the other team's coach, you've got to think it's kind of okay, right? well, the young george washington colonials got you to a blazing start until last night. the older brother of michelle obama. carl hobbs has the yonals at 4-0. more pressures on the president and first family are watching there. g.w. loses the ball. dwayne smith gets a handle on it. gives it to herman with the jam to finally get the colonials on the board. be unstoppable to the hoop and the foul. three of his game-high 18 points right there made the score 48-37. and now g.w. drops 4 and 1. getting a handshake from the president after the game, priceless. let's go to verizon center. georgetown hosting lafayette. hungry for their fourth straight win. georgetown in transition. chris wright gets the rebound. nice passing to monroe. dishes to clark, who puts it up and in for two of his career-high 19 points. then late first half, we've got jason clark at the top of the key. clark finds a wide open

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 18, 2009

WMPT
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 18, 2009

. it is here to fight the war on terror. the united states and its allies came to afghanistan after september 11. afghanistan was troubled like hell before that, too. nobody bothered about us. >> ifill: afterward, published reports said those remarks rankled american officials as they wrestle with sending more troops to afghanistan. president obama has been weighing options for months, and today, in china, he talked about it with cnn. >> i will announce that decision certainly in the next several weeks. the pieces involved number one, making sure that the american people understand we do have a vital interest in making sure that al qaeda cannot attack us and that they can't use afghanistan as a safe haven. we have a vital interest in making sure that afghanistan is sufficiently stable that it can't infect the entire region with violent extremism. >> ifill: that decision will come as public support for the afghan war continues to fall. a "washington post"-abc news poll published today found 52% of americans now believe the war has not been worth fighting. support for the war in other nato-memb

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 10, 2009

CSPAN
U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 10, 2009

in the united states. there is the platform the presidential seal will be placed their shortly. the fbi and army and texas rangers continue to gather information on the attack. nidal malik hasan allegedly opened fire with two handgunsri deployment overseas. how will victims are honored today? >> reporter: we'll hear a roll call for victims and president barack obama in his remarks today will honor each victim individually and other speakers today include lieutenant general cone and also general george casey. they'll be speaking. part of this memorial service today if we look inside you can see where the stage is set up. there's a large american flag draped in front of the building. people had been coming in. security is very tight, chuck. they have erected these storage containers around the perimeter of the field so that they can check every person coming in and they describe the security as like when you go through an airport screener. that certainly is at a premium right now even though this is a military installation because the president is here and other top officials are here. they want t

WBFF - FOX 45 News at 10

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Nov 28, 2009

WBFF
FOX 45 News at 10

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Nov 28, 2009

degrees in st. louis. 64 in dallas. the center portions of the united states is dealing with warmer, mild air. that is what is going to be headed our way for the daytime for tomorrow. 60 degrees for tomorrow in some areas. the futurescan model, clear skies for the daytime for sunday. 8:00 a.m. a beautiful day. clouds will be on the increase throughout the day and by game time for 8:00 tomorrow evening, mostly-cloudy skies and then the rain showers will hold off. by monday morning, by your morning commute or if you have an early-morning flight, there could be travel delays as a cool front will push in allows for scattered rain showers. a better chance for heavier precipitation around 11:00 a.m. it's a fast-muling cold front that will push through fairly fast. we have an area of high-pressure system in control. nice and mild for the daytime for tomorrow. one more nice, sunny day. here comes that cold front is in the center portions of the united states. it will bring isolated rain showers for monday. light in nature on monday and pretty much a fast-moving cold front. once t

WBFF - FOX 45 News at 10

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Nov 21, 2009

WBFF
FOX 45 News at 10

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Nov 21, 2009

for terminology for our developmentally disabled across the entire united states. >> when is your birthday rosa? >> i don't think you can stop the playground use of the word probably ever, but we can stop teachers and doctors and professionals from using it. >>reporter: it could take years before this bill turns into federal law. >>> across the country, people are making big plans for thanksgiving and that means traveling to see friends and family. triple a expects nearly 39 million people who will be traveling this holiday. air travel, however, is expected to be down by about 1.5 percent this year. highway travel is expected to be up by 1.4 percent. >>> nicole was featured on maryland's most wanted two weeks ago and soon after the story aired, was captured by authorities. tonight police hope you will give them a tip that will lead them to her accomplice. jeff barnd ms. more. >>reporter: this is 21-year old brown. she's wanted by the regional warrant apprehension task force on several charges, including robbery and assault. police say on august 26th, brown robbed a boutique in federal hill

HLN - HLN News

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Nov 22, 2009

HLN
HLN News

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Nov 22, 2009

. it will provide higher yields in less favorable conditions. corn is the top crop grown in the united states. it's used from breakfast cereal to tooth past to shoe polish, even ethanol. >>> our sister network cnn hosted its annual heroes event at the kodak that itener hollywood last night. it features the top ten cnn heroes finalists and anderson cooper named the 2009 hero of the year. >> ladies and gentlemen of the year, it's my great privilege to announce the cnn hero of the year. the cnn hero of the year is efren penaflorida. >> penaflorida start add push cart classroom in the philippines to push education to poor children. he uses his classroom as a way to keep kids from joining gangs. >> each person has a hidden hero with within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart. >> o', it's going to be a great show, and if you want to see the heroes' all-star tribute it will appear on cn florida on thanksgiving night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> some things that people post on twitter are just out of this world, and that's especially true for one of the nominees for tweet of the ye

HLN - Morning Express With Robin Meade

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Nov 11, 2009

HLN
Morning Express With Robin Meade

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Nov 11, 2009

, may god bless our soldiers, families, and the united states of america. [applause] >> ladies and gentleman, the chief of staff of the army, general george casey. >> good afternoon. president and mrs. obama, governor perry, governor doyle, secretary gates, secretary shinseki, many distinguished members of congress from the state of texas and across the country, secretary of the army john mchugh, admiral and mrs. mcmullen, families and friends -- it is a tradition in our special operations units to go to the book of isaiah went eulogizing fallen comrades. proud of their willingness to accept any challenge for this country, at the funeral they read," then i heard the voice of the lord saying, "whom shall i send? and who will go for us? then i said," here i am, send me." this passage conveys the sentiment that applies to every member of our army. it gives voice to a spirit of service that lives in every soldier. it is a spirit we saw in the 30 soldiers who gave their lives here, men and women who believe in the values and ideals this country stands for and men and women who willi

CSPAN - Washington Journal

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Nov 1, 2009

CSPAN
Washington Journal

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Nov 1, 2009

to the united states. he's accuse of running over his daughter withes i h car because he didn't think she was living according to traditional values. almaleki remains in the hospital in serious condition. >>> what kind of business gets 800% of a mark-up on things it's reselling? a military contractor in iraq does. and as brian todd reports, if someone's being ripped off your money is paying for it. >> reporter: $196.50 for a box of washers that's supposed to cost $1.22. $237 for a vehicle side mirror that you and i should pay less than $15 for. that's how much the inspector-general for iraq's reconstruction says american taxpayers have been overbilled by a contractor that supplies vehicle parts for the iraqi army. >> we are going to work with the army material command, the army contracting command to make sure the money is recouped and that taxpayer interests are cared for. >> reporter: he deals with a company called aecom which provides equipment and logistics reports. four invoices were reviewed a tiny fraction of the total, and the company could have overbilled $4

WETA - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 2, 2009

WETA
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 2, 2009

allies. >> the united states and the internationacommunity based on the expernce they've had in t past few years to make that judgment. but the is no doubt that the international mmunity, to make success, to turn this into a success, they do ned credible and reliab partners. >> warner: abdullah deed making any last-minute deal with kari. but he said another player in the election drama, the taliban, which wagedttacks on voters and electn worker alike,ad influeed h chce. >> when i made that decision security was not t sole reason. that was a reason. lives are involved in this. lives arnot just devoted but those who are providing security for us. >> warner: last night scott wharto whose u.n.-affiliad electoral complaints commission, rang t bell on the fraud in the fir round said there was no road mapto deteine the xt step. >> the electorallaw is not enrely clear on how handle a withdrawal in the second round. >> warner: so the cotitution and e election laws carefully written ashey were dinot anticipate this? >> idid not. the i.e.c. is responsible for writing regutions that determine all

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 27, 2009

CSPAN
U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 27, 2009

that there were ethnic groups in the united states who were in favor -- fell in the central european country in asia. domestic policy and domestic politics and preferences have an impact. one thing that is striking in my mind is the change from a small group that cares passionately about the issue. boston is the -- bosnia is the classic case. there were almost 10 congressmen and some people in the world who were very interested in an aggressive policy for bosnia. as soon as we had an aggressive policy, you realized there were a lot of people with good or bad reasons opposed to it and there was the classic day when the republican-controlled house of representatives during the coast of the war boded against a greater effort -- against the -- during the kosovo war and voted against a greater effort. >> we have about two more minutes. >> i defer to pull up on the question about promises broken. i was asked to go back and read memos. i essentially agree where philip came out. there's a danger here for the current administration to swallow this revisionist history that vladimir putin has conjured

WMPT - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 3, 2009

WMPT
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

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Nov 3, 2009

if i'm the bad cop. what i'm trying to do is callq what i see here is the united states getting sucked into a situation, into a war that has no end. you know, i have repeatedly called for an exitç with regard to our military. you know, i believe if you're going to go to war0y have a clearly defined mission. i don't think we have a clearly defined mission in afghanistan. a clearly defined mission is a beginning, a middle, a transition period and an end. i've asko point does our military contribution to the2d solution in afghanistan come to an end? we could bring our troops home. i'm not looking for a date ser. i would like someone to tell me how this has a happy ending. our mission in afghanistan is very different than it was when/+ congress authorized the use of force against al qaeda after 2001. we have... this whole mission is very, very different. we should have a5 debate on this. i think the policy should be re-evaluated in its entire tee.? mistake to expand our military footprint there. i think it would... and especially in the aftermath of this election. i don't want our americ

WETA - To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Nov 1, 2009

WETA
To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Nov 1, 2009

african americans went throu? >> predominantly blackchools, not sure about throuout the united state >> that particul year, one of the chief advocates for d.c., for d.c. school choice, so more children gebetter education we dagree with this a little eleanor, she is one othe most i think articulate and strongest advocates for why we ought to be making educationometng that is accesible, a goodducation, to every cld who wans to get it and it doesn't mea trapping em i ier city schools. >> bnie: all right, hea hear, except for the lastart of your cment. >>> that it for this edition of "to the contrary." next week, returning male war veteransay va care isn't equate. please jn us on the web for "to the contrary extra." whether your views a in agreement "to the contrary," please join us next time. caption technologies, in . --www.ptiontech.com--

CSPAN2 - Book TV

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Nov 27, 2009

CSPAN2
Book TV

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Nov 27, 2009

of the drug imports into the united states. according to a 2004 investigative article written by steve in portland's oregonian newspaper, hayslip got the idea based on his earlier work on the illicit u.s. trade in quaaludes, a legal sleeping pill widely available on the black market. the manufacture of quaaludes depend on the synthesis of another legal drug which was predominantly produced in germany, austria and china. what hayslip noticed was that an enormous proportion from these nations was being shipped to colombia. there the cally and medellin cartels were making it into an illegal form of quaalude which they sold in tandem with cocaine in the same market, one as an upper and one as a downer, in the same way that meth markets today are offer saturated with oxycontin, a painkiller that smooths out the impending tweak of a meth high. in 1982 hayslip visited the nations whose factories made the drug and asked that, and asked for their help in monitoring its sale. congress then banned the use of prescription quaaludes which were manufactured by only one american company. by 1984 acco

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 11, 2009

CSPAN
U.S. House of Representatives

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Nov 11, 2009

is veterans day here in the united states. there you see angela merkle, the chancellor of germany in that picture. >>> a u.s. pilot yanked off a flight minutes before taking off because a co-worker thought he was drunk. irving lamont washington was set to fly a united jet from london to chicago on monday. british police arrested him when he flunked a breathalyzer test, though. washington is now grounded. there have been several incidents for the airlines industry recently. this morning on our sister network a former ntsb official said flyers should be concerned. >> the whole structure of flying has changed. the airline had industry has been in a profound downturn for a number of years and not getting any better. pilots, they -- flight crews are the key component. they're being worked harder. they're being paid less. they're under more stress. and i think there is an issue. and i think you're going to see the ntsb and the faa looking at the whole issue of pilot fatigue, pilot work rules. how do we optimize people's attention in these cockpits? i think that's going to come up in the

CSPAN2 - Capital News Today

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Nov 25, 2009

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Nov 25, 2009

assume an increasing importance. we are certainly seeing that in the united states as well. at the same time we faced a very difficult moment in gathering public opinion behind this agenda, especially at the moment of global financial crisis. it is not whether we as scientists can persuade politicians to act. it is whether the public can lead politicians to make these difficult decisions so our audience has to be the public, the wider community to get their support behind this agenda and to lead us into making what some say, tough unpalatable decisions. one thing we have to do is work much better to integrate climate change with other aspects of the health agenda. i think one of the issues for us is we have drawn a boundary around climate change and we integrated into bubba-- broader global health issues and it is time for these agendas to merge, to speak to one another. we are not just climate change advocates. we are help that the kids around a range of issues. we still have sadly even amongst our own health community a huge amount of persuading to do and he writes speak directly to o

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Nov 23, 2009

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Nov 23, 2009

resints of thenited states or in some case citizens of t united stats. and the reaso why the f.b.i. became so ccerned is it was... it seed to be a ch broader attempt a attpting to radicalize peoplen the united states than they've really seen bere. >> warner: h did the justice departnt first get wise to this >> the interesng facet of this. essentially the fmilies of many of the young men came forward to ask that the f.b.i. help i finding them. you know, many ofhese older relativeof the young men were concern that this w gong on. they had inklings but no concrete facts to base that on. they came to b.i. asking for help to find theirons. >> warner: these young men had just dappeared. >> many cases, yes, they had esstially packed upnd gone and the family feared the rst >> waer: has it been absolutely established tat as t charges lay ou that some of these yung men at least haveshown up in somalia, they have go to terrorist training cps? theyave even engaged in combat? >> yes, there is one partularly grsome piece of evidence that e f.b.i. has tested. that is the remains of one of the men were r

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Nov 1, 2009

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Nov 1, 2009

tried to fly to the united kingdom, but was denied entrance and returned to the united states. almaleki is accused of running over his daughter with his car because he didn't think she was living her life according to the traditional iraqi values. noor almaleki remains in the hospital in serious condition. >>> the suspect in a deadly iraq bombing managed to kill someone during a police interrogation. iraq's interior of ministry says he grabbed a gun from a guard and shot an investigator. the investigator wrestled the gun back and shot the suspect. both died from their injuries. the suspect also looted the guard he took the gun from. investigators were questioning him in last sunday's bombing in baghdad that killed at least 160 people. that was iraq's deadliest bombing since 2007. >>> the bids are really stacking up for a motorized recliner a man drove while drunk. >> and then about five minutes later, they called me, $20,000! i'm like, are you kidding me?! >> and with just a couple days left in the auction, the price is going up. xxxxxxxxxx >>> no wortd on when san francisco's

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Nov 22, 2009

is the top crop grown in the united states. it's used in everything from breakfast cereal to toothpaste to shoe polish, even ethanol. >>> you probably already know, americans are fatter than ever. but one woman is hoping to motivate other people by making her own struggle against obesity very public. ruby gettinger is today's breakthrough woman. >> i've been overweight since i was 13. at one point in my life, i weighed as much as 716 pounds and everything started going downhill. the doctor told me, you're going to die if you don't start doing something about this. >> ruby gettinger decided to fight for her life by eating healthy and getting fit. her journey is being documented on "ruby." >> watching her eat healthy and exercise kind of helps me do the same. and because of ruby, i've lost 29 pounds. >> they say i inspired them, but every time i hear their story, it inspires me. >> reporter: getting her personal diary published, she also formed a fitness support group called ruby's walk across america. >> the people that are traveling this road with me tell me they've lost 80-something po

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Nov 21, 2009

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Nov 21, 2009

to accusations of racism. >> it's a town where it's like anywhere else in the united states. this is not a racist environment. as i said in closing arguments -- >> boo! >> you can hear the tension. how did this case get so big? she nearly got jail time. sweet! sweet! (together) sweet! (announcer) now for the first time, a gram of healthy fiber in every packet. sweet! (announcer) splenda® with fiber. jeep. knowing reality isn't captured by a hidden camera. it doesn't come in episodes either. you see i don't live to live through anyone ever. so while everyone waits to see the next best this or an unbelievable that. here's the reality. there's no rerun when your living in the now. so while you tune in i'll be somewhere getting out. i live. i ride. i am. jeep. immune plus shot. this little shot is more like a big shot of-- (dog barking) ...for your immune system. feel the-- (dog barking) feel the good >>> well, good morning, everybody. on this saturday, thanks for joining us. >> very good morning to you. i'm sitting in for t.j. holmes. >>> let's get to it. a hearing for the ft. hood shooting suspect

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Nov 18, 2009

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Nov 18, 2009

the war on terr. the united states and itsllies came to ahanistan after seember 11. afghanistan was troubled le hel before that, too. nobody bothed about us. >> ifill: afterward, ublished reportsaid those remarks rankled amican officials as they wrestle with sending me troops to afghastan. presidentbama has been wghing options for months, an today, in chinahe talked about with cnn. >> i will announce at decision cerinly in the next several weeks. thpieces involved number one, making sure that t american people understand weo have a vital interest in mang sure that al qaeda cannot attk us and that thecan't use afghastan as a safe haven. we have a vital interesin making re that afghanistan is sufficiently stablehat it can't infect the entire reon with violent extremism >>fill: that decision will comes public support for the afghan war continues fall. a "washinon post"-abc news poll publishedtoday found 52% of americans now belve the war has not beenorth fighting. suort for the war in other nato-member nations isower still. but the alliance said tod it lans a meeting next month to

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Nov 10, 2009

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Nov 10, 2009

in their home country. and while they now feel safe in the united states, some fear that if their faces are shown on tv, relatives back home may face reprisals. >> you cannot live as a christian there. it's difficult. we have always to be worried, to be careful. >> reporter: like other refugees, these two who gave just their first names are thankful to have found sanctuary even if economic security appears elusive. >> you know, living here is expensive. especially we don't have a job. all the time it's hard or difficult. >> reporter: that's a common story among new arrivals. government funded resettlement agencies on contract with the u.s. state department are finding themselves overwhelmed by the large numbers of refugees. the government provides medical care and cash assistance for the first eight months. afterwards refugees can apply for welfare. but the support is falling short of the need. >> without the green card. >> reporter: michael mckay, head of the catholic charities office in san diego, says in this economy entry-level jobs that in the past were available for refugees don't

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Nov 1, 2009

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Nov 1, 2009

, what does it mean to the united states sending more troops to the region? an update from kabul. last night's halloween candy didn't just have to be for the kid. what if the patients want to indulge. we've got a great idea for you, how do you pair halloween candy and wine? put them together? gary vanederchuck is here and he'll show you the best candy and wine that go hand and hand. (announcer) time brings new wisdom new aches and pains, ...and new questions about which pain reliever is right for your body. tylenol 8 hour works with your body, with one layer that dissolves quickly... ...one layer that lasts all day ...and no layers that irritate your stomach the way that ibuprofen can. it's tough on your body pain. not on your body. are more than words here. it's personal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek® aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's a true american value. accu

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Nov 20, 2009

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Nov 20, 2009

the entire united states, simply to enhance reading and getting women to be educated all for free. >> how big a gamble, suze, do you think the o.w.n. network is going to be? >> i think it's a gamble. however, i think with the right people in place, i think oprah knows very well what she's doing. and if you ask me, the trend is going towards cable. i don't care what anybody else is saying. so i think if i were advising is it a good business move, i have to tell you, i think it's a great business move and one that i think she's going to be able to pull off. >> lisa, were you surprised by the announcement? there were a lot of rumors about it, a lot of talk about it. >> i wasn't really surprised. i had been hearing about the show probably ending in 2011. but let's not count oprah out and let's not eulogize her by any means. she has so much that she wants to do. i mean let's not forget that she has this school in south africa. she is still so committed to changing lives. i think she'll do that in many, many ways that go beyond the show. >> no doubt about that. larry, thanks for being on with us. s

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Nov 8, 2009

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Nov 8, 2009

in america. now the united states senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. i am absolutely confident it will, and i look forward to signing comprehensive health insurance reform into law by the end of the year. now, a senior aide says that the president did watch the vote as it happened in the house there from camp david. president obama, by the way, is set to return to the white house from camp david sunday afternoon. elaine quijanoo, cnn, washington. >>> the bill now moves on to the senate, where it must also pass, if it is to become law. as in the house, senate democrats are having a hard time winning over republican support for the bill. if the senate passes the bill, the senate version must be reconciled with the house bill that passed last night before it can be signed in to law. >>> it will be a tough day tomorrow for commuters in philadelphia. talks aimed at ending a transit strike broke down last night. bus drivers and trolley and drivers walked off the job yesterday. an independent audit to make sure pension funds are secure and it says it will not star

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Nov 8, 2009

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Nov 8, 2009

directly to the united states. at least one state has already declared a state of emergency. where is it headed next and how long do we expect it to batter the u.s. ugcl) yeacl 's h fba icos y!tyft juneck yno itft'sse sut'cu tyftef (ckicli she is the greatest thing ever. woman: one little smile, one little laugh. - honey bunny. - ( coos ) we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. man: it was really easy to do. - ( blows raspberries ) - ( laughing ) robert shapiro: we created legalzoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. go to legalzoom.com today and captioning by,will closed captioning services, inc. >> julie: fox nushz letter, i'm julie bandaras joined by gregg jarrett and hurricane i'd days strengthening to a category-2 storm, barrelling toward the gulf coast, governor bobby jindal declaring a state of emergency in louisiana and hurricane watch now, stretching from southeast earn louisiana all the way to th

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Nov 22, 2009

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Nov 22, 2009

in the united states, we have one food bank like this in all of those cities. >> reporter: vicki is ceo of feeding america. it runs out of a chicago sky scraper not a church basement. its reach is nationwide. >> if you were to look at the fact that our network will deliver close to three billion pounds of food this year, we are one of the largest grocery stores in the country. >> reporter: the largest supplier of free food in the nation with 205 warehouses like this one in chicago where work starts at dawn. >> starting at 5:00 a.m., trucks are departing to go across the country and provide truck loads of food to the 63,000 agencies. >> reporter: taking food to food banks. >> taking food to community kitchens, to cafes, to churches, to synagogues. >> reporter: 63,000. >> 63,000 agencies. >> reporter: okay. stocking food banks goes hand in hand with getting the food. that is where this man, the late john van hengel comes in. in 1967 he had an idea that changed america. collect excess food from supermarkets or farms where it was going to be thrown away and bring it to a central location wh

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Nov 27, 2009

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Nov 27, 2009

it makes people freak out a bit. things are looking better as the wave comes closer to the united states. >> you might remember dubai world, it owned dubai ports world wisconsin tried to buy the operations of american ports. there was a big outcry over that. this is that same company. they moved the ports operation separately because they want to kind of keep that safe in all of this whatever happens next for dubai world. >> we will be watching this. obviously, more information to come. it's also exasperated because of the eid holiday. also, thanksgiving here. a nice confluence of lots of things. >> a little turmoil in the markets right now for black friday, huh? >> a little bit, which you don't really expect when you're thinking about go get your shopping on. >> thanks so much. >>> new this morning, the sequel tore cash for clunkers. call it the home edition. the federal government is putting the final touches on a plan to offer americans rebates next year if they turn in not old cars but old appliances and buy new energy-efficient models. individual states will administer that cash for

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Nov 9, 2009

. >> now it fls on the united states senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the american people. >> reporter: while the trillion dollar price tag was the toughest sell for democratic moderates in the house, it is the inclusion of the public option that could be the biggest sticking point in the senate. >> if the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscien conscience, i will not allow this bill to come to a final vote. >> reporter: the senate bill is going to look dramatically different, not just on the issue of public option but on cost. it could end up being $200 billion to $300 billion less. whatever it is, the president wants a bill to sign before christmas, but i'll tell you, matt, that deadline seems more elusive every day. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. >>> now to that tragic shooting rampage at ft. hood. investigators are now looking into weather the alleged gunman and army psychiatrist could have crossed paths with two of the the 9/11 hijackers. nbc's janet schamlian has the latest. janet, good morning to you. >> reporter

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Nov 28, 2009

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Nov 28, 2009

thing and disrespectful thing that they did to our president of the united states and prime minister. you can't spin it. there is videos and photographs and they were there . you have to figure out what happened. i understand president obama asked for a review and you are going to let that review take place. one thing i was thinking about. the social office busy season is about to begin. holiday season is going to demand all people coming in . i hope they don't try to copy cat. >> i am sure no one is sneaking in the white house again. that has the president said unprecedented. they shook hands with the president in the receiving line. this is an issue with the secret service and the president cannot call out and ultimately they protect his life. secret service said they are deeply embarrass concerned and try to make sure it doesn't happen again. it certainly will not get you anywhere. >> speaking of spin when the president speaks about his stan tan - grand strand strategy there -- afghanistan strategy. hew does he spin it on the left. we know people on the right are happy about the t

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Nov 7, 2009

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Nov 7, 2009

profits and investing in the united states. allowing businesses to write off their losses over a longer period of time to clean up their balance sheets. now, extending, ifs president announced he was going to extend lower rates on dividends and capital gains set to expire in 2011 any of these would have a bigger impact on the industry other than spending government run on pork barrel and expansion of government. >> with all of this in mind, why are we seeing deliberations on the house bill when harry reid suggested the senate may not vote on it this year it may carry on into next year. why the urgency by nancy pelosi shall especially given the economic conditions? >> i think, look, rahm emanuel said never let a crisis go to waste and what they're attempt to go do and likely to hear from the president later today is this sort of odd suggestion because we're in economic turmoil the way to solve it is by expanding government through the huge government-run program. we're going about this the wrong way. you know, and in your earlier segment clayton was talking with mike huckabee with energy

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Nov 11, 2009

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Nov 11, 2009

priest visiting the united states limited english capability was lost. he followed jason bruce in a garage and asked for directions. they accuse bruce of beating the priest with a tire iron and calling him a terrorist. >> it's sad. this is a soft-spoken person whose life is dedicated to serving god and the church and he got lost and asked for directions and someone assaulted him. >> bruce's attorney claims the reverend groped the man and bruce was only defending himself. he's free on bond. the priest was in a hospital and later released. >>> a lot of people are taking a second look at slugger sammy sosa. why he says his skin looks lighter these days. >> we're extremely proud of our military troops and want to honor them this veterans day especially in memory of our friend josh meadows who was fallen last month and just very proud to be a part of the marine corps and believe in what we're doing and fighting for america's freedom. thank you all. >> always faithful. of course on veterans day we salute all of the troops serving this country. parades under way across the nation. her

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Nov 9, 2009

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Nov 9, 2009

reform in america. now it falls on the united states senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of all the american people. i'm absolutely confident they will. >> the house bill may be historic but it doesn't cover abortion for poor women so what good is it anyway? here to try to help me make sense of all this, the president of for choice for america. congresswoman waters who voted for the house bill. and julie menham, host of "give and take" and contributing blogger with the "huffington post." i'm so agitated about this. congresswoman, how you are you? >> i'm fine. thank you. >> we know that you're pro-choice and that you're pro female and you would you do the best for all of us. why did you vote for a house bill that restricts abortion coverage? >> joy, let me tell you, i was absolutely torn. absolutely undecided. all during this process, as you know, i was the 218th vote. that means i did not vote early. i thought about it. and in the final analysis, i reluctantly voted because it covers 36 million people who have either been refused health insura

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Nov 5, 2009

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Nov 5, 2009

at, clely, would be is ts an attack on the united states? the united statesarmy? or is it personl issue. >> right. and there'so way to know that now. i thinkhe army has discouraged people from tryi to draw a cause and eect here an i want to honor that. i don't want to say the may be aausend efect. but i think what you... in reporting reporting this sry, the context of a army that's bn very stressed is unavdable and clearly just from my own rerting on fort hood youan tell this army is unr a lotf stres whether it hasnything to do with this, i don't know. >> brown: i undersnd. but tl us what you have been been looking at. peop will clearly looking at the pabltof trauma. especially senator jus said this is a soldierhat was about to be going to iraq. >> again, wll talk in eneralities here. but, you ow, because the army was not ticipated to be ghting two wars forhis long period,n fact,he all-vonteer force was never anticipated to be sort o a wartime full wartime olonged war force, it was going to... from its inception it was designed to be e core around which y would mobilize and reins

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Nov 26, 2009

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Nov 26, 2009

. it cationed the massive government response that took many forms in the united states and abroad, whether it was opening up the discount windows in a way we had never done before. emergency lending from the federal reserve, the increase in for the insurance both by statute, but also on a temporary systemic basis for transaction accounts. the extraordinary u.s. government guarantee of balance sheets of banks in this country and around the world as they issued debt. and of course the tarp capital investments that were made. i think it is fair to say that there were mistakes made as we went along this path of trying to respond to the crisis, but i think any fair reading of what happened would also get to the conclusion that it really did work to address this first terrible crisis of confidence that we had during this phase. and it did help restore reconfidence at a time when people were really doubtful about what was going to happen the next day in financial markets and in financial assets around the world. so thankfully, this first phase i believe it over. if i had some wood up here, i woul

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Nov 10, 2009

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Nov 10, 2009

persecution in teir home county. and whi they now feel safe in e united states, me ar that i their fes are shown on tv, relatives back homeay fac repsals. >> you cnot live as a christian there. it's difficult. have always toe worried, to be careful. >> report: like other efugees, these two who gave just their first names are thankful to have found sanuary even if economic security appears elive. >> youknow, living he is exnsive. especially we n't have a job. all e time it's hard or difficult. >>reporter: that's a common story among new rivals. vernment funded resettleme agencies o contract with the u.s. state depament are inding themselves overwhelm by the rge numbers of refugees. theovernment prodes medical re a cash assistance for the fir eight mont. afterwards refugees can apply for welfar t the support is lling sht of the need. >> without the green card. >> reporter: michaelckay head of the catholic charitie office inan diego, says in this economy entry-level jobs that i the past were ailable for refugees d't exst. housing cots are hh. and milies are crowdingnto shareapartments. >>

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Nov 6, 2009

. we're not sure if the soldiers are from the united states, nato saying here they disappeared on a routine resupply mission in the western part of the country. those are some of the stories we're following on this friday. hope you're having a good weekend. now back to our breaking story. >>> the news out of fort hood, new details every hour about the shooting that killed 13 people and injured 30. david mattingly live at fort hood. those numbers, david, it seems almost difficult for one person to cause so much damage. >> reporter: well, if you look at the situation, it's almost remarkable to think there wasn't more damage caused. the shooting went on for about ten minutes we're told. it was in a room with about 400 people inside it. no one in there was armed until the police -- two policemen arrived on the scene. that was three minutes after the first emergency call went. so that gunman was in there with two hand guns, one of them a semiautomatic, firing off rounds throughout this crowd for about ten minutes and the death toll ended up being 13 people. we finally have one name.

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